A Republican legislator has brandished his guns during a debate over gun control in the US House of Representatives. Republican Representative Greg Steube, who attended the committee meeting virtually from his Florida home, said the legislation would ban various handguns. The second-term congressman held up each of his four guns for the committee to see,
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s own ethics adviser has asked him to explain why he believes he has not broken the ministerial code after being fined for a lockdown breach. Lord Geidt said there was a “legitimate question” over whether the code has been broken – which would normally mean a minister would have to resign.
EXCLUSIVE: APA has signed actor and writer Johnathan Fernandez (Gossip Girl) for representation. Fernandez is currently a series regular on HBO Max’s Gossip Girl revival, playing the character Nick Lott. He recently wrapped three seasons as a series regular on Fox’s action series, Lethal Weapon—there playing LAPD pathologist and forensic technician Bernard Scorsese. Additional TV
GitLab has moved to address a critical security flaw in its service that, if successfully exploited, could result in an account takeover. Tracked as CVE-2022-1680, the issue has a CVSS severity score of 9.9 and was discovered internally by the company. The security flaw affects all versions of GitLab Enterprise Edition (EE) starting from 11.10
When we think of Pride Month, we think of elaborate parades, all-night raves in Bushwick lofts, and extremely well-dressed people drinking mimosas on the street at 11 a.m. We also think of merch, specifically the grand tradition of corporate Pride merch: companies trying to cash in on LGBTQ Pride regardless of whether they actually support
One of the absolute best in country music right now covering a murder ballad from another one of the hottest names in the business? You have my attention. Charles Wesley Godwin and Zach Bryan have struck up quite the friendship since Charles went out on the road opening for Zach last year. During an appearance
Organic webs or mechanical? As nonsensical as that question sounds in 2022, believe me that a little over two decades ago it was spoken about with the hushed severity of religion during the Reformation. Do you think Spider-Man should have organic web-shooters or mechanical? If you answered incorrectly in certain parts of the early wild
Play video content Twitter/@tinyspookyghoul Johnny Depp still knows how to make his fans laugh … cracking a joke about his disfigured hand — the one with that missing chunk — following his big win in court. Johnny was signing a bunch of autographs Thursday night in Newcastle, England when he leaned down to one of
A decade before Quentin Tarantino and screenwriter Roger Avary collaborated on Pulp Fiction, they were a couple of clerks renting out Betamax tapes at Video Archives in Manhattan Beach, California. Now the pair will be looking back on their video store days in The Video Archives Podcast, which will launch via SiriusXM’s Stitcher platform on
People looking for a new budget smartphone have many options to choose from today. The sub-Rs. 20,000 and sub-Rs. 15,000 smartphone segments have been seeing incredible developments lately, with companies launching more devices with 5G capability, bigger batteries, AMOLED displays, and more. However, the sub-Rs. 10,000 price segment should not be overlooked as it has
One of the world’s biggest oil producers is contemplating a multibillion pound takeover bid for Motor Fuel Group (MFG), Britain’s biggest independent petrol station operator. Sky News has learnt that the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) is lining up bankers to work on a potential offer for MFG, which has been put up for
It was announced Tuesday that a group of Louisiana libraries will block cultural displays that highlight specific groups. The announcement comes just as Pride Month kicked off at the beginning of June. This means that Pride Month— as well as other cultural celebrations like Black History Month, Women’s History Month, Cajun heritage, and Native American
Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón cannot prohibit prosecutors from seeking sentencing enhancements for defendants under the state’s “three-strikes” law, the California Second District Court of Appeal ruled Thursday, June 2. The court’s opinion affirms a 2021 preliminary injunction issued by Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge James C. Chalfant, who ruled that Gascón’s
US President Joe Biden has called for Congress to ban assault weapons, expand background checks and bring in a number of other gun control measures. Speaking from the White House after a number of recent mass shootings, Mr Biden asked how many more deaths would be needed to force change. He said “too many everyday
A government consultation that could mean greater use of imperial measurements will be launched on Friday. In 2000, the EU weights and measures directive forced traders to use metric when selling packaged or loose goods such as fruit and veg. They can still use pounds and ounces but must also list grammes and kilos, except
Quentin Tarantino And Roger Avary are going back to their South Bay roots. The duo, who first met and bonded while working together at the fabled Video Archives movie rental store in Manhattan Beach, California, are launching a podcast this summer based on the long-closed store’s collection of close to 8,000 VHS tapes and DVDs,
Atlassian has warned of a critical unpatched remote code execution vulnerability impacting Confluence Server and Data Center products that it said is being actively exploited in the wild. The Australian software company credited cybersecurity firm Volexity for identifying the flaw, which is being tracked as CVE-2022-26134. “Atlassian has been made aware of current active exploitation
A New York appeals court upheld the 23-year prison sentence against Harvey Weinstein Thursday, ensuring that the disgraced producer will remain behind bars ahead of his upcoming Los Angeles trial on sexual assault charges. In March 2020, Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison after being found guilty on charges of felony sex crime
Oh I’m pumped for this album. Ronnie Dunn has been teasing his upcoming solo album, 100 Proof Neon, for awhile now. Back a few months ago he dropped the lead single, a honky tonker called “Broken Neon Hearts,” and also revealed during an appearance on our Whiskey Riff Raff podcast that the album would feature
This Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi article contains spoilers. Like The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett before it, Obi-Wan Kenobi is full of both Prequel and Original Trilogy easter eggs. But “Part III” also has several callbacks to the old Legends continuity that was erased from canon after Disney acquired Lucasfilm in 2012. Most